K Street powerhouse Capitol Counsel has a new House Republican guru, Towner French, who recently left Capitol Hill after nearly 15 years. He most recently served as the chief of staff for the House Rules Committee under Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas), who is also the former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC). French…Read More…

Capitol Counsel is pleased to announce the addition of Warren Tryon to the firm’s financial services practice and legislative team. Tryon was named in National Journal’s “Top Hill Staffers” magazine as one of the lead congressional staffers during his tenure as the Deputy Staff Director for the House Financial Services Committee. Tryon coordinated with House…Read More…

Martin Gold, a senior counsel at Covington & Burling, will be leaving the firm to join Capitol Counsel, The Hill has learned. Capitol Counsel confirmed the move, which reunites Gold with longtime friend and former colleague Denise Henry Morrisey, a founding partner at the firm. Gold has been at Covington & Burling, an international law…Read More…

The job market on K Street looks a lot like the rest of the country’s employment situation. It’s tough. That is, unless you were chief of staff to the incoming Senate Finance chairman — in which case, who wouldn’t want to hire you? Josh Kardon, who logged 17 years with Sen. Ron Wyden, the Oregon…Read More…